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SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA UNIFIED ATHLETICS OFFICIAL EVENTS:
 4 x 100 Meter Unified Sports® Relay
 4 x 400 Meter Unified Sports ® Relay
 2 x 50 Meters
 2 x Standing Long Jump
 2 x Running Long Jump
 2 x Shot Put

SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETIC RULES:
 Please see Special Olympics Summer Sports Athletics Rules.
 Please see Special Olympics Arizona Athletics (Track & Field Unified Sports® Events) Rules.
 Please visit, www.SpecialOlympics.org, every January for a copy of updated International
Rules. Step by step instructions are listed in Unified Sports® Curriculum Coaches Manual.
 Please visit, www.SpecialOlympicsArizona.org, for copy of updated Arizona Addendum Rules.
Step by step instructions are listed in Unified Sports® Curriculum Coaches Manual.

UNIFIED SPORTS® RULES:
There are few differences in the rules for Unified Sports® competition as stipulated in the
Official Special Olympics Sports Rules Book and modifications outlined in the rules book.
The additions are highlighted below:
 A roster consists of a proportionate number of athletes and partners.
 An athlete is a person with intellectual disabilities.
 A partner is a person without intellectual disabilities.
 Teams are division for competition based primarily on ability.
 Team sports must have an adult, non-playing coach. Player-coaches are not allowed in
team sports.

GENERAL RULES FOR UNIFIED SPORTS® RELAYS:
 Each Unified Sports® relay team shall consist of two athletes and two partners.
 Runners on a relay team may be assigned to run in any order.

ATHLETICS EQUIPMENT:
The many events of athletics require a multitude of sporting equipment. It is important for athletes
to be able to recognize and understand how equipment for the specific events works and impacts
their performance. Have your athletes name each piece of equipment as you show it and give the
use for each. To reinforce this ability within them, have them select the equipment used for their
events as well.

TIMING DEVICES:
A fully automatic timing system or electric or digital stopwatches are recommended. When Fully
Automatic Timing (FAT) is used, times will be recorded in one one-hundredth (1/100) of a second.
Most manual timing devices are equipped with a button for start, a button for stop and a reset button.
All manual times will be recorded in one-tenth (1/10) of a second.

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